Sherk Still Feels Pinch from Steroid Allegations

“There’s still people yelling obscenities when I walk out for my
fights,” he told Sherdog.com’s Loretta Hunt. “That’s why I wear
headphones.”

The wound was dug into last week when Sherk failed to report for a
California Commission-appointed drug test in anticipation of an
October 24 fight with Gleison
Tibau. When Sherk injured his shoulder and couldn’t fight,
manager Monte Cox failed to see the need for the urine sample. So
Sherk didn’t show up.

If you’re Sherk -- or Sherk's management -- and you have a career
marinating in doubts over your natural athletic performance, don’t
you recognize the value in maybe biting the bullet and taking a
commission test even if you’re not fighting? Yes, the flight from
Minnesota to Los Angeles will be a few bucks. (Unless the
Commission or UFC can foot the bill.) But if the point of the test
is to smother concerns over your supplement preferences, why not
just do it and avoid tipping over a Porta-Potty’s worth of
suspicion?